Land Use Data for Latitude -17.25 Longitude -71.75

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Río Tambo y Lagunas de Mejía

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Urban land
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Onions+Shallots Green
Sugar Cane
Sugar crops and sweeteners
Vegetables

Growing Period (days)

1 to 29
30 to 59

Soil Types

Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Planosols
Solonchaks (Saline)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

30 to 40

Agricultural use data provided by LADA, 2008. "Mapping Land Use Systems at global and regional scales for Land Degradation Assessment Analysis. Version 1.0" Nachtergaele F. & Petri M.
Mineral extraction data provided by USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), downloaded June 2, 2010.